let something go

Related to word: let

Idiom

Definition

  1. To cease maintaining or caring for something, such as a house or garden, allowing it to fall into disrepair.

    放任不管(房子、花園等)

    • Since they moved away, the house has been let go, and the lawn is overgrown with weeds.

      自從他們搬走後,房子就被放任不管,草坪上長滿了雜草。

    • She's been too busy with work and has let her garden go for a long time; it's almost unrecognizable now.

      她工作太忙,已經很久沒打理她的花園;現在幾乎都認不出來了。

    • They used to take great care of that house, but they've let it go since they started travelling the world.

      他們以前很用心照顧那棟房子,但自從他們開始環遊世界後,就放任不管了。